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  • For most students, this is your OU Student ID Number (e.g. 262824)
  • For PEP students, use your OU Student ID Number for both username and password
  • For staff, faculty, adjuncts, and former staff, this is usually a combination of your last and first names (e.g., smithj)
 
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System Announcements

  • Order of appearance of discussion posts (Friday, January 20, 2012)
    We've had a few inquiries regarding the appearance of posts within Blackboard discussions following our system upgrade on December 19th.  Discussion threads will now appear in either ascending or descending order, depending on where you're viewing from. The following video provides further detail.   http://www.screencast.com/t/X9dIBFM4Or

    As always, if you need any assistance, please contact OU Help at www.ottawa.edu/ouhelp.

    Karen Ludwig
    E-Learning Training and Documentation Specialist
    Ottawa University/Office of Academic Technology

  • New recommended browser for Blackboard (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)
    Blackboard underwent a minor upgrade on 12/19/2011. With this upgrade comes an expanded list of certified and compatible browsers for use with Blackboard.  Please see the list here: http://kb.blackboard.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=72810639. 

    Please note, however, that the Office of Academic Technology recommends that all Blackboard users upgrade to Firefox final release and maintain their browsers at the final release at all times.  Firefox is moving to a “rapid release cycle” which means that we will no longer be providing version numbers for the recommended instance of Firefox but will instead refer to the “final release” as the version our users should be using.

    Information about the new Firefox Rapid Release process:
    Q: Why switch to a rapid release cycle for Firefox?
    A: Rapid releases let Firefox developers deliver new features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements to users faster.
    Q: How does the rapid release cycle work? What is the rapid release timing?
    A: There are now Firefox channels: nightly, aurora, beta and final release. Each stage of the development process lasts for six weeks.
        Nightly - Test builds including unpolished features not tested by Mozilla Quality Assurance
        Aurora - Test the latest features and innovations with an increase in polish from the raw, cutting edge features in nightly builds
        Beta - Broadly test the stability of new features and improvements in the next version of Firefox
        Final Release - Delivers the polished and stable features in Firefox to hundreds of millions of users
    The most current version is always available at: https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/
    As always, if you have any questions or need assistance please contact OU Help at: www.ottawa.edu/ouhelp.